Painted Bark, Kwoma Ethnic Group, Papua New Guinea, Primitive Art, Oceanic Art, Tribal Art

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Object description :

"Painted Bark, Kwoma Ethnic Group, Papua New Guinea, Primitive Art, Oceanic Art, Tribal Art"

Painted bark collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. These paintings on sago palm bark decorate the internal faces of roofs as well as the pediments of ceremonial houses and represent in an abstract or figurative way the ancestors or beliefs of the clans. Assembled together, they thus cover the ceilings of these large prestigious huts. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York presents in its permanent collection the complete reconstruction of a hut roof thus decorated with painted bark of this type... Piece of sago palm bark and natural pigments. Traces of use. Approx. 87 x 40 cm 200€ including shipping.

Price: 200 €